by Susan Elizabeth Davis On a bleak December day in 1979, I had an epiphany: I would write a pro-choice novel. A novel, I thought,
by Margie Kelly Abortion opponents long ago slapped their brand on the fetus, parading giant graphic images of fetuses in marches and now calling for
by Ria Sen and The Feminist Press The passionate writers who record stories of abortion — personal memories, histories, theory — make the language of
by Jasmine Burnett The Black feminist group, the Combahee River Collective, described its beginnings by saying: “It was our experience and disillusionment within these [other] liberation movements,
by Priscilla Smith While watching the totally hip video of the Orthodox Reggae beat rapper Matisyahu’s song Miracle, I began to dream about miracles in what
By Judith Arcana February 16, 2012 Im a Jane. Another Jane said when she heard me use the past tense a few years ago No. Once
by Jeannie Ludlow “You know, illegal abortions aren’t all bad.” A few years ago, I found myself saying this to students in an Introduction to
by Justine Goodman I am the daughter of a woman who wrote in 1970 that “involuntary motherhood is slavery.” That was 13 years before I
by Faith Pennick The debate over reproductive choice continues to burn, even with a pro-choice president currently in the White House. As we enter another
by Andrea Plaid I’m not an aberration because I’m a childless, employed, divorced, college-educated Black cisgender woman — regardless of what the promulgated stereotypes undergirding the media
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